Senatorial Elections

The U.S. Senate houses much of the nation's political "aristocracy." Senators have great power and visibility, much more concentrated than in the House of Representatives, where members represent less than a quarter of the people that a Senator does. The Senate also confirms key judicial positions, treaties, makes laws with the House and can even remove a President after the House impeaches one.

The Senate has been mostly under control of the Democrats since WWII. The Democrat supermajority over several years enabled them to ram through Obamacare and much else very damaging legislation and appointments, including Sotomayer, Kagan, Geithner and more, although RINO's assisted with that.

The 2010 election greatly reduced that Democrat majority, which may be eliminated, if the oposition plays its cards right in 2012. However, it would be a very hollow victory if RINO's are put in place of Democrats.

Although this forum discussion is for the California race, key strategic races in other states are equally important and more likely to be won by candidates with priorities closer to Tea party interests.

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Hear what Chris McDaniel, the U.S. Senate candidate from Mississippi, had to say

In this week's "On the Campaign Trail" podcast, we are joined by Chris McDaniel. Chris discusses his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi and his campaign to replace Thad Cochran.

McDaniel has shown unparalleled leadership in fighting for Mississippians against the over-reaching federal government, and has donated his time and talents to defending his constituents against burdensome taxes and regulations.

In fact, McDaniel has spearheaded his state's lawsuit and fight against Obamacare. This is exactly the type of conservative that Mike Lee and Ted Cruz need as reinforcement to help them in their fight to rid the country of Obamacare.

You are really going to enjoy this interview with a man who has a history of fighting Obamacare.

2014 is going to be a huge election year as we fight to hold onto the House and are poised to take the gavel out of Harry Reid's hands and take control of the Senate. It is important that we enter 2014 prepared and informed. Here is your chance to get to know one of the outstanding U.S. Senate candidates, Chris McDaniel."On the Campaign Trail" is a weekly podcast that features interviews with House and Senate candidates as well as Tea Party leaders to provide voters with a regular discussion of important political issues and campaigns.

A new Tea Party Express podcast will be available every Tuesday on the Tea Party Express websiteHERE or it is available by subscription on both RSS and iTunes,

My name is Mark Harris. During the course of my life, I have been blessed in more ways than any man has a right to expect. I’m an American, a Christian, a husband, a proud father of three, and for the past eight years, the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte.

But today, I write you this introduction in an entirely new role - one I never planned to take on.

I am running for the United States Senate because our country is in dire need of principled, conservative leaders who are willing to stand up and defend the values that are the foundation of our country. And I am running to win.

But as we get this campaign underway, I need help from you and from other principled men and women across our country who are willing to stand and fight for the values that have made our country great. But this fight isn’t going to be easy, and I need your support in order to win. In fact, according to a headline yesterday from the National Journal, the liberal DC media thinks that talking about faith in marriage makes me a “flamethrower”!

I am running to win - I am asking you to please stand with me as I work to bring America back to the traditions that have made our country great and the vision of our Founding Fathers of a free and just society.

I have the right experience, values and vision to get America back on track.

THE EXPERIENCE THAT VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR

I have tried to live my life as an obedient man. Obedient to the Lord, and to the Constitution, and to the lessons learned and passed down to me by my parents and those who came before them. It is my firm belief that my experience as a minister of the Gospel has uniquely prepared me to serve in the Senate.

But why?

Politicians in Washington give lectures about abortion statistics. I have counseled young people faced with crisis pregnancies. Politicians in Washington fear-monger about disappearing jobs. I have sat with men and women in their kitchens, listening to the fear in their voices as they tell me about how they got laid off. I have seen first-hand what damage our national policies have done to families, unlike many politicians in Washington who are completely out of touch with the real issues that are affecting the American people.

THE VALUES YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY

First, please understand that I am not a politician and am not practiced in the art of nuance. If you ask me a question, you will get an answer. I am what I am. I believe what I believe. These are my beliefs:

I am a conservative. I am a social conservative. I am a fiscal conservative.

I am a Christian.

I believe in the United States Constitution and believe every law should strictly adhere to it.

I believe in limited government. Our federal government is too large, too expensive, and too powerful and our taxes are too high. The federal government has no business dictating what our children should learn in school, or controlling our health care, or telling ministers how to interpret the Bible.

I oppose ObamaCare, which would not be the law of the land today if Kay Hagan had listened to the majority of her constituents who wanted her to vote against it. If I am elected to the Senate I will work to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with market-based solutions that truly reduce health care costs for families and senior citizens.

I support a strong national defense, a consistent and forceful foreign policy, and secure national borders.

I support REAL tax reform that is geared towards families.

I support the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Lawful individuals do have the right to own guns and congress cannot override the Constitution.

I support marriage between a man and a woman. I am proud of the leadership role I played in passing a Constitutional Amendment here in North Carolina that preserves marriage from the whims of activist judges, despite the attacks it has generated against me.

I oppose abortion. Period. If you send me to the Senate, you will have a Senator with a 100% pro-life voting record. Why would we take this out?

THE VISION FOR A BETTER AMERICAN FUTURE

While many conservatives are despondent about where things are headed, I am not.

I still believe in America and in the American people. My vision is that our great nation will once again be a place of unprecedented prosperity and freedom. And my vision also includes:

An America with increased school choice, empowering parents to make decisions about how kids are educated.

An America with a growing economy spurred by reduced taxation.

An America that respects the God-given right to life of all people - born and unborn.

An America that will once again be a world power whose leaders’ words can be believed and whose leaders are trusted by our allies.

That is my vision. But it will not be achieved if we keep electing the same politicians. In 2014 we can begin to change the direction of our country. But to change the country, we have to change the people in office. With the right people in office, we can make President Obama irrelevant and take our country back again.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) used the "nuclear option" yesterday to eliminate the free and open debate of judicial nominations.

Harry Reid did this because he knows Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will let him get away with it.

The only way to deter a nuclear attack is to make it clear that the response will be equally devastating. Unfortunately, weakness is the only message Mitch McConnell has sent the Democrats on this issue.

He's been so ineffective that even his allies in the mainstream media are mocking him with political cartoons like the one shown here from Politico.

This is the fourth time Mitch McConnell has allowed Harry Reid to chip away at the freedom to debate in the Senate.

In 2011, Harry Reid used the threat of the "nuclear option" to prevent senators from forcing the public reading of legislation. Mitch McConnell supported the change while conservatives like Jim DeMint (R-SC) opposed it.

In January of this year, Harry Reid used the threat of the "nuclear option" again to shorten debate on legislation and to limit the number of amendments that can be offered by senators. Mitch McConnell supported this change too while conservatives like Ted Cruz (R-TX) opposed it.

Then in July, Harry Reid used the threat of the "nuclear option" a third time to confirm President Obama's radical nominees. Mitch McConnell backed down yet again, allowing every single nominee through, including Richard Cordray for the new Dodd-Frank agency, Gina McCarthy to head the EPA, Tom Perez as Secretary of Labor, two people of Obama's choosing to fill the vacant slots at the National Labor Relations Board, and Todd Jones to head ATF even though he was at the scene of the "Fast and Furious" scandal.

Each time Mitch McConnell capitulated, he said it would save the filibuster, but each time it encouraged Harry Reid to go even further. Now radical judicial nominees will sail through on a simple majority vote.

When asked by reporters yesterday what he would do to respond, Mitch McConnell said it wasn't time for "reprisal" but instead time to "be sad."

That's it? Republicans are just sad? If the roles were reversed, Harry Reid and the Democrats would have shut down the Senate by blocking all legislation and by objecting to all procedural requests.

Mitch McConnell must be replaced by conservative Matt Bevin in Kentucky's May 20 Republican primary election.

We need leaders in Washington who have the courage to fight for our principles and to defend our freedoms.

Matt Bevin is not only a courageous conservative, he's also a more compelling candidate with a better chance of defeating the Democrat in this race.

Mitch McConnell knows how to play hard ball, but he only does it against conservatives. When it comes to dealing with liberals, he capitulates. He's helped them pass bailouts, debt limit increases, tax hikes, and funding for Obamacare.

If we want to change the leadership in Washington, we need to help Matt Bevin replace Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

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TEA-PARTY FAVORITE TAKES ON GOP BIG NAME

WASHINGTON — One of Washington’s most reliably conservative lawmakers is breaking the news that he will challenge a mainstay of the Republican establishment – all because the incumbent GOP senator “undermined Sen. Ted Cruz’s fight to stop Obamacare.” Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, told WND exclusively that he will run against against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in the state’s primary race. Cornyn is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2014. With his campaign little more than an hour old, Stockman had already picked up some major support. Jenny Beth Martin, president and co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, told WND, “Congressman Stockman has proven himself to be a fighter for freedom who votes in the House of Representatives based on constitutional principles. We need more senators who will do the same.” Martin added, “The campaign will be interesting to watch unfold over the next few months as Stockman campaigns on these values, reminding Texans why they value their freedom and independence and why they need to change Washington, D.C., where the government has grown too big and too powerful.” Stockman told WND he is filing the paperwork Monday evening and that he is running against his fellow Republican because, “We are extremely disappointed in the way he treated his fellow congressmen and broke the 11th commandment and undermined (Sen.) Ted Cruz’s fight to stop Obamacare.” The Texan added, “And now, it looks like Cruz was right and Cornyn was wrong. He (Cornyn) sided with the president, essentially, in making sure Obamacare became law while Cruz did everything possible to stop it.” It wasn’t just what Cornyn did, but how he did it, that rankled Stockman. “If you disagree with someone, that’s fine, but I really believe you should do it privately, not so publicly,” he said. “He made a big show of removing his name from a letter supporting Cruz.” Stockman sounded as if he couldn’t wait to take on this new challenge. “We think he needs to be held accountable for his decisions, and we look forward to a vigorous campaign,” he said.

A week ago today we reported on the passage of aresolution censuring Sen. John McCain presented at the annual mandatory meeting of the Maricopa County Republican Committee. It was overwhelmingly approved — 1,150 in support with only 351 opposed — by the elected precinct committeemen (representing the county seat of Phoenix, and including numerous surrounding cities.

It turns out we were not alone.

Thursday night, the Pickens County, South Carolina GOP publicly rebuked Senator Lindsey Graham by passing a 30-point censure resolution. This makes Pickens County GOP the 7th Republican group that has passed similar resolutions so far in South Carolina.

The censure resolution, which passed by 78%, cites 30 examples of Graham violating the Republican Party platform. The censure states: “Lindsey Graham has committed a long series of actions that we strongly disapprove of and hold to be fundamentally inconsistent with the principles of the South Carolina Republican Party.”

Pickens County GOP Chairman, Phillip Bowers told Benswann.com’s Joshua Cook, “I have yet to talk to a single person who believes that an elected office is a life time job … we need to change them out, like diapers, they need to be changed from time to time.”

“… I can tell from the mood that the people were glad that we were taking a stand for our platform. The local representatives in the state house and the federal officers just trample on our platform. If they don’t agree with our platform … they shouldn’t run on our Republican platform and habitually ignore it. Is it really ethical to run as a Republican in PickensCounty, but then go to Columbia and consistently vote with Democrats? And you can look at their records. We have representatives at home that say they are Republicans, and go across the river down there and vote the other way.”

“We are going to have to start standing up and tell elected officials you’re either with us or you’re not – we need to clean it up,” he added.

In case you missed it, I was the subject of RedState.com's front page story the other day.

In it, conservative commentator Erick Erickson once again reiterated what he has said about our campaign many times:

"The single greatest thing you can do to change the GOP and thereby begin to change Washington is to support Matt Bevin for the United States Senate."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves. My friend, I hope you'll stand with Erick and stand with my campaign today, by making your most generous contribution of $25, $35, $50, $100, $250, $500, or more right now.

You see, Erick is 100 percent correct. My campaign isn't about just one Senate seat. It's about changing the GOP and the entire political process in Washington for the better. It's about ensuring that we will continue to be a government "of" and "by" and "for" the people.

I'm running to replace Mitch McConnell because, for far too long, he and his establishment allies have talked the talk, but have refused to walk the walk.

They have been elected and reelected on their promise to fight for "conservative principles."

But they have spent their time in Washington expanding government, paying off their lobbyist friends, increasing our debt, and shrinking our liberty.

It's time to end this charade. And together, we can do it!

I need your help to match Mitch McConnell blow-for-blow in this campaign.

If he wins the Republican nomination on May 20th, the polls show that he very well may lose in November, potentially costing us a Republican Senate majority.

His approval rating has been dropping like a rock here in Kentucky. It is now only 31%- the same as Barack Obama's.

But Senator McConnell is too self-serving to let that stop him.

He is using his massive campaign war chest, his friends in the National Republican Senatorial Committee and his establishment Super-PAC allies to light up the airwaves with false and misleading attacks on my character and my record. His path to victory is to try to make me less popular than he is.

And I need your help to fight back - right away!

Please, give whatever you possibly can.

I need your help to pay for the ads, the rallies, the press events, the voter contact mail, the grassroots phone banks and everything that my campaign will need to overcome this storm of attacks.

As Erick Erickson said, helping me beat Mitch McConnell this spring is "the most important thing you can do to change the GOP."

Beyond even that, I firmly believe that it's the most important thing we can do to help save America's future.

I hope you'll stand with me today. I hope you'll help me retire Mitch McConnell, break the iron grip of the big government GOP establishment, and breathe life back into the American dream.

Please make your most generous gift of $25, $35, $50, $100, $500, or whatever you can possibly afford right away.

Thank you for your support, and may God continue to bless the United States of America!

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“consequently, that the ultimate right of the parties to the Constitution (i.e. the States), to judge whether the compact has been dangerously violated, must extend to violations by one delegated authority as well as by another--by the judiciary as well as by the executive, or the legislature.” Virginia Assembly Report 1800, James Madison.

If a nation can't define its boundaries, who comes in and on what terms, then it can't sustain itself culturally, financially, politically, morally and with security. It's not a nation.- G. Miller

"A lawyer is a person who knows the law" (Black’s Law Dictionary & other.) "It is said that all persons are presumed to know the law, meaning that ignorance of the Law excuses no one." (16 AM JUR 2D Sec. 178, 256.) Therefore all persons are presumed to be Lawyers.- Randy Due (illegally klidnapped by FBI and detained)

A federal government which does not derive its lawful and limited authority from the Constitution of the United States is by definition an occupation government and criminal regime. It’s authority is null and void and no one is bound by any rule of law to obey it. --Donald L. Cline

When Party Loyalty Demands You Support a Creep, It's Time to Walk Away-- Jim Geraghty

Everybody is still talking about the other baby, the royal baby. In fact, I saw that President Obama released a statement congratulating Prince William and Kate Middleton on the birth of their son. Then he said, “And whatever you do — hang on to that birth certificate.” - Jimmy Fallon

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”-- Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Bounel Soebarkah

"And if you didn't know, the only difference between socialism and communism is an AK-47 aimed at your head."- Quang Nguyen

Solution to the problem in Egypt :

They want a new Muslim leader, Give them ours.

The administration’s attempt to intimidate Fox News and its employees will not succeed and their excuses will stand neither the test of law, the test of decency, nor the test of time. We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth.

-Roger Ailes, Fox News

When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could You please get that for me.

- unknown

"There are 27 amendments in the Constitution but only one says 'shall not be infringed,'" Steve Toth said. "The Second Amendment is the amendment that keeps the people free."

“The States then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently that as the parties to it, they must themselves decide in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition.” – James Madison

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." - Niccolo Machiavelli

“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.” - "Obama", 2008

"A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again."

This country does not need to have a conversation about how many bullets should go in a clip. It does need to have a conversation about how many parents should go in a family. It needs to talk about the ghettos of Obamerica and have a serious conversation about broken families and generational dependency. It needs to have a conversation about funneling new immigrants from broken parts of the world into areas already suffering from high levels of unemployment and street violence.- Daniel Greenfield

Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants and debt is the money of slaves.- Traditional

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A federal government which does not derive its lawful and limited authority from the Constitution of the United States is by definition an occupation government and criminal regime. It’s authority is null and void and no one is bound by any rule of law to obey it. --Donald L. Cline

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." -- Thomas Jefferson

“Disarmament of the populace is always the first step to depriving them of their civil rights and human rights…many African-Americans and women are actively assaulting the very document that first secured their own freedom... if you do not believe in the Bill of Rights, then you are not, at heart, an American.” – Mike Adams

Only in America could liberals talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.

We need to demythologize guns before the liberal attempt to create a totemic fear of them succeeds. If the gun control mentality promoting fear of guns themselves becomes our national mentality, we would turn the clock back to the days when a warrior class ruled over the people because only they had the confidence and expertise to deploy the means of defense and coercion. The gun control agenda will turn us into a people too timid to defend themselves from our would-be masters. – Alan Keyes

So now that there is a new tragedy the president wants to have a “national conversation on guns”. Here’s the thing. Until this national conversation is willing to entertain allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons, then it isn’t a conversation at all, it is a lecture. – Larry Correia'

During his 1956 presidential campaign, a woman called out to Adlai Stevenson: Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person! Stevenson called back: That's not enough, madam, we need a majority.

The economy is so bad, MSNBC had to lay off 300 Obama spokesmen. - Jay Leno

'Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

“What we’re watching here today is the equivalent of Woodward and Bernstein helping Nixon cover up Watergate,” he said. “The mainstream media is Woodward and Bernstein. Watergate is Benghazi. Except this time, Woodward and Bernstein are helping Nixon cover it up.”-- Russ Limbaugh

Lets see if I have this straight...Former President Bill Clinton ... who lied to his own wife... was convicted of perjury ... disbarred from practicing law in his home state... an admitted philanderer ... who "Never had sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" ... Impeached by the US House of Representatives ... is giving testimonials for Barrack Obama's character and intentions!!!??? Is this a great country or what!?

"Thanking Obama for killing Bin Laden is like going into McDonalds and thanking Ronald McDonald for the hamburger. It's the guy cooking the burger that should get the credit, not the clown."

referring to 10-3-12 debate: "Obama made a lot of good points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney." - Bill Maher, million dollar Obama donor

How can we stand up to someone that creates a 100 dollar Federal Reserve (FR) note for 2 cents and uses the face value of the note of 100 dollars to buy a 100 dollar U.S. Security where the government has to pay them 4% in interest at the end of the year? A yearly cost of 4 FR notes where it only cost the FR 2 cents to print.

This is the biggest Conspiracy you may ever encounter and this started sometime around 1913. Yes, your parents and their parents had so much of their time stolen from them at a cost of 2 pennies. And the National Debt is one big fraud. And this is not just in the United States but the whole world.- Steven Pattison

“Can you imagine a nation founded on the principles of God is being taken over by a party that despises God, denies God’s existence and wants to stab Israel in the back in order to support the Islamists who would kill the Jews and drive them out of the Middle East?”- - Michael Savage

"WE own this country, and when someone doesn't do the job "we have to let them go."- Clint Eastwood at RNC

“Capital must protect itself in every possible way, both by combination and legislation. Debts must be collected, mortgages foreclosed as rapidly as possible. When, through the process of law, the common people lose their homes, they will become more docile and more easily governed through the strong arm of government applied by a central power of wealth under leading financiers. These truths are well known among our principal men who are now engaged in forming an imperialism to govern the world. By dividing the voter through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting for questions of no importance. It is thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves that which has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.”- President American Bankers Association, 1924

"I think it is wonderful that Eric holder is making sure that Mexicans' second amendment rights are preserved!" - Bobby Florenz

“My father was a hardcore conservative and a straight line Republican voter before he died. Now he votes Democrat.” (-Unknown)

Today, President Obama is calling for the same with the Buffett Rule.' Obama is under the mistaken impression that America's symbol is the bald ego." --The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto

‘In years to come there is going to be information that will come out that Obama was not the man who made the call. He can say he did and the people who really know what happened are inside the Pentagon, are in the military and the military isn’t allowed to speak out against the commander- in-chief so his secret is safe.’—Chris Kyle, former SEAL sniper

Remember just a few years ago when...

...the official unemployed was at 8.4 million instead of 12.4 million?

...the U.S. debt was at 9.5 trillion instead of 15.5 trillion?

...gas was $1.89 a gallon?

...the U.S. was friends with Isreal?

...food Stamp Recipients was at 29 million instead of 46 million?

...U.S. Astronauts didn't have to travel with Russians to go into space?

...our country's credit rating was a Triple AAA rating?

"Apparently, I'm supposed to be more angry about what Mitt Romney does with his money than what Barack Obama does with mine."- David Burge

Rep. Randy Neugebauer put the burden into perspective: “It will take over 24 million man hours to comply with Dodd-Frank rules per year. It took only 20 million to build the Panama Canal.”

"Sixty-one percent of debt issued by the Treasury is bought by the Federal Reserve -- which is to say the left hand of the U.S. Government is lending money to the right hand of the US Government. ... Nonetheless, in a land where every mewling babe in the American nursery is born with a debt burden of just under $200,000, the president brags that only his party is 'compassionate' to have no plan whatsoever even to attempt to do anything about this, no way, no how, not now, not ever." --columnist Mark Steyn

Isn't it amazing how every facet of Sergeant Bales life, high school, college, employment, why he left his employment, his brother’s employment, his wife’s employment, real estate holdings, a missed house payment , a missed promotion etc., is exposed within a week and the same fact finders can't find comparable info on the most powerful man in the world in three plus years ?

"We do not have a single document that proves Mr. Obama's birth in Hawaii or anywhere in the United States for that matter. The document is fake, the representation is fake.—Mike Zullo, Arpaio Posse Chief Investigator

" If they (SCOTUS destroy the Constitution, they will have destroyed that which created their positions." - Stewart Rhodes.

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, NOT to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." -- Abraham Lincoln

"Quick, name something that government does better than the private sector that doesn't involve detention, killing, or eliminating freedom." ----Bobby Florentz

"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."---- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) 40th US President“The election of President Obama by the presidential electors, confirmed by Congress, makes the documents and testimony sought by plaintiff irrelevant,” Obama’s lawyer Jablonski said.

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”--Author Tom Clancy

But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so thatmy children can live in peace. "

- Thomas Paine.

"Look, the Taliban, per se, is not our enemy.”

- VP Joe BidenDecember 2011

"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and for people, equally in war and peace, and it covers with its shield of protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of men that any of its great provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government."

– Ex Parte Milligan (1866)

Permit me to hint whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of foreigners into the administration of our national government ; and to declare expressly that the command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on any but a natural born citizen.
I remain, dear sir,
Your faithful friend and servant,

John Jay.

Calling Ron Paul "out of the mainstream" is a double-edged sword, because it also means he can’t possibly be responsible for the condition of the country today.

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A guy named Reggie Love leaving the White House to get a degree at the Wharton School of Business. I guess he realized you can't learn anything about economics in the Obama White House.

- Jay Leno

Laws and regulations which violate the Constitution are not obligatory upon any free man.

(believed to be from George Washington.)

“We’re at that awkward stage where it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”

- Claire Wolf

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its "basic source".

-The Telegraph (good job Barack!)

Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inevitable -Robert F. Kennedy

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -- Albert Einstein

The four boxes of LIBERTY:1. soap2. ballot3. jury4. ammo.....in that order!

"The actual need for a service, its relevance and value is always subordinate to the bureaucracy. This is the difference from the private sector: you go into a shop, and the sales assistant asks, 'Can I be of assistance to you, sir?' You go into a government agency: 'Get to the back of the queue and wait until you are called!”'

- Alistair Mcleod

"Only Malcolm X’s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me. The blunt poetry of his words. His unadorned insistence on respect. He promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline."

– Barack Hussein Obama

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”

-Oscar Wilde

“Anyone with an Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker is a Threat to the Gene Pool”

- Congressman Allen West

“The Only People Who Don’t Want to Disclose the Truth are Those with Something to Hide."

- Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro

"If it takes a village to raise your kid, you’re in the wrong country."

- Seen by Tim Clack II

"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."

-Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Soebarkah Bounel

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. "

- Noam Chomsky

"Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself." -

- Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro (we are, Barry)

"…whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force…"